Heel fob boots and shoes



vUNITED STATES P ALIENT OFFICE.

W'M. H. PECKHAM, OF HOBOKEN, NEW' JERSEY.

HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,542, dated October 30, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM H. Pson- I-IAM, of Hoboken, in the county ofHudson and State of ilew Jersey, have invented, made, and applied to usea certain new and useful Improvement in Heels for Boots and Shoes; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the nature ofl my said invention, reference being had tothe annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figurel, is a vertical section of said heel as fitted to a boot or shoe sole,Fig. 2 is a plan of the heel, and Fig. 3 is the nuts for securing thesame to the boot or shoe.

Similar marks of reference indicate the 'same parts.

rIhe nature or" my said invention consists in a hollow metallic heelwith a screw and nut by which it is firmly connected to the boot or shoesole, said heel also being formed with ser-rations taking the leather'to prevent the same from moving and with a cav ity at the front part ofthe heel to preventinjury by striking the pavement Sac.

In the drawing a., represents aportion of the leather or other sole of aboot or shoe.

L is vthe metallic heel cast as shown with the screw stud l, passingthrough the sole a, and receiving the nut c, that may be turned by awrench introduced in the holes 2, Q, so firmly to compress the leatherupon the upper edges of the -heel and to prevent the metallic heelslipping ofip the edge of the leather sole I provide the projectingspul' 3, near the back of the heel, and form notches or teeth at l 4,which entering the leather hold the same securely.

The under side or tread of the heel isi formed with a rim 5, that takesthe wear and also allows for introducing a cement of tar and sand orother material in the space between the flanges 5, 5, to deaden thenoise of concussion between the heel and pavement or floor.

6, is a cavity formed in the forward and `central part of the heel onthe under side In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature thistwenty seventh day of July, 1860.

WM. H. PECKHAM.

TWitnesses LEMUEL IV. SERRELL, Tiros. GEO. HAROLD.

